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Published in final edited form as: Int J Adv Eng Sci Appl Math. 2013 Dec 1;4(4):228–240. doi: 10.1007/s12572-012-0052-4

Table 3.

Constituent area fractions and percentage of the wall for the media and adventitia for each of the three groups. Note that the elastin area fraction (φ^e) represents elastin and the other microfibrillar proteins that constitute the elastic fibers, the smooth muscle area fraction (φ^m) represents cell cytoplasm that is highly localized to the smooth muscle cells, and the collagen area fraction (φ^c) represents fibrillar collagen and associated glycoproteins. Each measurement has a sample size of n = 12, with values presented as means ± standard deviation. The superscript (*) denotes a statistically significant difference, compared to the untreated control group, at a value of p<0.05.

Group	Elastin (φ^e)	Smooth Muscle (φ^m)	Collagen (φ^c)	% Media	% Adventitia
Untreated	0.258 ± 0.020	0.205 ± 0.045	0.500 ± 0.106	37.71 ± 3.48 %	62.29 ± 3.24 %
ANG-II without AAA	0.242 ± 0.023	0.207 ±0.011	0.567 ± 0.053	42.82 ±3.08 % *	57.18 ±3.08 % *
ANG-II with AAA	0.286 ± 0.029 *	0.209 ± 0.024	0.556 ± 0.086	44.18 ±2.56 % *	55.82 ±2.56 % *